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Tolbooth Art Centre
Museum · Kirkcudbright · Dumfries and Galloway

Tolbooth Art Centre

Tolbooth Art Centre is a tolbooth in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway. The register lists it as a category A listed building. Around it, within 15 km, lie 12 more places, Maclellan's Castle (300 m) first on our list.

Photo: Tolbooth Art Centre, LornaMCampbell (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where
In Kirkcudbright
inside the locality
How well known
Top 28%
#2,392 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jun–Sep
highs of 17–20°C
In brief

Museum in Kirkcudbright

Inside Kirkcudbright

Tolbooth Art Centre is inside Kirkcudbright’s locality, with 5 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Category A listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Kirkcudbright has 188 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather by the month

If warmth matters, go June to September: Kirkcudbright reaches 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 2°134 mm
Feb8° / 1°102 mm
Mar10° / 3°97 mm
Apr12° / 4°79 mm
May16° / 7°70 mm
Jun18° / 9°83 mm
Jul20° / 11°89 mm
Aug19° / 11°115 mm
Sep17° / 9°107 mm
Oct13° / 6°144 mm
Nov10° / 3°139 mm
Dec7° / 2°137 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Kirkcudbright, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Kirkcudbright. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Kirkcudbright’s full climate →
About

Tolbooth Art Centre

3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Kirkcudbright’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type
Museum
Listed
Category A listed building
Wikipedias
Covered in 3 languages
Town
in Kirkcudbright
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Plan your visit

Plan your visit

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.
Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.
The map

Where it sits

The numbers show what else is near Tolbooth Art Centre, in the order listed below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Kirkcudbright’s locality. · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Nearby towns

They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

12
  1. 1Kirkcudbright
  2. 2Castle Douglas
1 · It’s in town

Kirkcudbright

3,219 people · 6 places to visit

2 · 14 km northeast of it

Castle Douglas

4,061 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 2 towns
TownWhere Tolbooth Art Centre isPeoplePlaces to visit
KirkcudbrightIt’s in town3,2196
Castle Douglas14 km northeast of it4,0615
Make a day of it

More to see nearby

Of the 12 within 15 km, look for 4 castles, a museum and an abbey or priory.

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Before visiting Tolbooth Art Centre

Where is Tolbooth Art Centre?

Tolbooth Art Centre is in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, inside the town’s locality.

What is Tolbooth Art Centre?

Tolbooth in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Tolbooth Art Centre?

June to September are the warmest months in Kirkcudbright, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Tolbooth Art Centre a listed building?

Yes: category A listed building.

What else is there to see near Tolbooth Art Centre?

Within 15 km: Maclellan's Castle (300 m), Stewartry Museum (300 m), Threave Castle (13 km) and Cardoness Castle (10 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (5)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.